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Smart-Manila enters national final

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February 23, 2009 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Dave Moralde buried a three-pointer in the closing seconds to lift Smart-Manila to a 66-65 win over Quezon City for a 2-0 sweep of their Nokia National Basketball Training Center D-League at the San Juan gym.

With the score tied at 63-all, Smart-Manila went to Moralde, who delivered the game-winner. He finished with a game-high 12 points in the tournament backed by Nokia Philippines and TAO Corp. 

“This game was quite difficult for us, but it’s better this way since it is a test of character for the players,” said Manila coach Ato Badolato.

“Hopefully, in the next two months we could better prepare for our opponents in the national finals,” he added.

ATO BADOLATO

BETTER

DAVE MORALDE

GAME

MANILA

MORALDE

NOKIA NATIONAL BASKETBALL TRAINING CENTER D-LEAGUE

NOKIA PHILIPPINES

QUEZON CITY

SAN JUAN

SMART-MANILA
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